Thursday, September 6th

Today we talked about what we need to create essential learning moments.  To set the tone on how we work and learn together we brainstormed our expectation for each other.

Your Job (The young adults)

• To be welcoming and kind 
• To be respectful
• To be engaged
• To be on time and in class everyday
• To be responsible (look after your supplies, take care of the space)
• To learn
• To Listen 
• S - Square yourself
• O - Open your stance
• L - Lean in and pay attention
• E - Eye contact
• R - Relax
• Ask Questions 

Our Job (The adults)

• To Teach
• To assist
• To be organized
• To be fair - safe
• to be welcoming and show kindness
• to be understanding
• to be on time
• to learn along side the young adults

These are the points that we have control over to create moments of Essential Learning.  Each day, we will have Essential learning goals (posted or marked on this blog)

When we annotated Essential Learning we said that 

Essential meant: vital, important, "must do" and priority

we also noted that in our past Learning might have had a boring characteristic.  We made the connection between Learning and Knowledge (independent inquiry).

We are looking forward to continuing our development in Reading, Writing, Representing and Presenting: creatively, compassionately, respectfully, honestly and intently.

Home work = Bring something to READ for Friday's class.